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The Rise Of The Bear: 18 Signs That Russia Is Rapidly Catching Up To The United States

By Michael Snyder, on August 7th, 2013

The Russian Bear is stronger and more powerful than it has ever been before. Sadly, most Americans don’t understand this. They still think of Russia as an “ex-superpower” that was rendered almost irrelevant when the Cold War ended. And yes, when the Cold War ended Russia was in rough shape. I got the chance to go over there in the early nineties, and at the time Russia was an economic disaster zone. Russian currency was so worthless that I joked that I could go exchange a 20 dollar bill and buy the Kremlin. But since that time Russia has roared back to life. Once Vladimir Putin became president, the Russian economy started to grow very rapidly. Today, Russia is an economic powerhouse that is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. Their debt to GDP ratio is extremely small, they actually run a trade surplus every year, and they have the second most powerful military on the entire planet. Anyone that underestimates Russia at this point is making a huge mistake. The Russian Bear is back, and today it is a more formidable adversary than it ever was at any point during the Cold War.

Just check out the following statistics. The following are 18 signs that Russia is rapidly catching up to the United States…

#8 Since Vladimir Putin first became president of Russia, the Russian economy has grown at a very rapid pace. The following is from Wikipedia…

Under the presidency of Vladimir Putin Russia’s economy saw the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) double, climbing from 22nd to 11th largest in the world. The economy made real gains of an average 7% per year (1999: 6.5%, 2000: 10%, 2001: 5.7%, 2002: 4.9%, 2003: 7.3%, 2004: 7.2%, 2005: 6.4%, 2006: 8.2%, 2007: 8.5%, 2008: 5.2%), making it the 6th largest economy in the world in GDP(PPP). In 2007, Russia’s GDP exceeded that of 1990, meaning it has overcome the devastating consequences of the recession in the 1990s.

During Putin’s eight years in office, the industry grew by 75%, investments increased by 125%, and agricultural production and construction increased as well. Real incomes more than doubled and the average salary increased eightfold from $80 to $640. The volume of consumer credit between 2000–2006 increased 45 times, and during that same time period, the middle class grew from 8 million to 55 million, an increase of 7 times. The number of people living below the poverty line also decreased from 30% in 2000 to 14% in 2008.

#9 According to Bloomberg, Russia has added 570 metric tons of gold to their reserves over the past decade. In the United States, nobody seems to be quite sure how much gold the Federal Reserve actually has left.

#17 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made headlines all over the world when he climbed into the cockpit of Russia’s new “fifth generation” fighter jet and announced that it was far superior to the F-22 Raptor.

#18 It is estimated that Russia has more spies inside the United States today than it did at any point during the Cold War.

Unfortunately, whenever I write an article about Russia I find that most people simply do not get it. They will make statements such as “the Cold War is over” or “Russia is our friend” which show a complete and total lack of understanding of the current geopolitical situation.

Russia has been steadily building a stronger relationship with China, and collectively they represent the number one strategic threat to the United States.

Someday this will become abundantly clear to the American people. Hopefully it will not be too late by the time they realize it.

From 2007 to the present, I have lived in Russia three times–twice in Moscow and in Chelyabinsk and Samara. I have seen the changes in Moscow over that short time period. The city is truly a great city second to none. Yes Paris, you heard that right. Moscow is full of great museums, restaurants, parks, and clubs. The city is still building new apartments and chic shopping centers. The roads are basically in good condition. The metro is fast and efficient. Yes, Moscow is expensive but you can find cheaper products by finding the right stores. The train stations in both Samara and Chelyabinsk are first class.
Russia is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. These resources make the country rich. Russian businessmen are clever and have become rich. It is normal to see Jaguars and Mercedes around the streets.
Yes, Russia is becoming stronger, militarily and economically. Yes, the West should not overlook Russia. The US should try harder to understand Russia and forge stronger ties.

AsianLibertarian

What about the racism and homophobia in the country? Isn’t there a huge skinhead problem going on right now in Russia?

Stezie

The US isn’t really a role model when it comes to that. In fact, it’s turning out to be the worst example, even if they try to deny it.

AsianLibertarian

Well…I agree. That’s why I’ll be leaving the U.S. pretty soon. As for Russia, I’m just saying…all those news reports can’t be wrong? Can they?

David Fuhriman

I didn’t say anything in my entry about skinheads and racism in Russia and I won’t say anything about it.

Colin

Your point?

It goes unsaid that racism and homophobia are black marks on a country, knucklehead.

Russia is not our friend and they view us as adversaries on just about every level. Russia is in it to win it, they don’t make moves on foreign relations that don’t benefit the well being of its country and financially. They also don’t run trillion dollar deficits, don’t make apologies for poor choices in history, don’t have poor GDP ratios, and utilize their countries resources to its benefit. They, along with China will wait until the dollar dies to make their move.

Guess what? They don’t have a death tax either (guess what superpower does).

GSOB

Go move and find your burial plot then.

markthetruth

Thanks to Cyber crime Too,

the end…

GOM

and you should not overlook the racism and poverty in dear ole’ Russia. yes, what you say is spot on, BUT these changes are for the well-to do and no one else matters. that “giant wall” around the elites houses all the finer things in life[like food & electricity] you know, a ‘keep the peasants at bay’ type deal. and, the U.S. does understand Russia. it understands the bond it has with China. hense the beefing up of military strategically……dosvedanya

Ralfine

Yes, you need to upgrade your military, too. And make 30 trillion more debts. The military expense race initiated by Reagan effectively killed the Sovietunion (SU). This new arms race might finally kill the US. But well, go ahead.

JailBanksters

I think, when people think of Russia they don’t think of Technology, but they have quite a bit of good technology, but their manufacturing eh

Ralfine

Read up: mass and momentum

FounderChurch

Russia has always been a superpower, whether under the Tsars or Communism, or Capitalism as now. Authoritarianism has served them well over the centuries. They have beaten Napoleon, Hitler, China, and the Moslims. Never sell them short.

Things in Russia we call “weaknesses” are really strengths. It behoves us to cultivate them. Never anger a Bear.

Russia being the “Heartland” power in terms of Geopolitics, has everything in common with Oceania which is basically the Anglo-Americans. Both us and they have been, and are, historically threatened by upstart Rimland powers such as France, Germany China, Islam, China and Japan.

Russia has never fought a war with either America or England, and has always allied with us. We would do well to totally ignore the Russia bashers and bigots, primarily the RCC lobby which has always seen the Orthodox religion as its biggest threat. The RCC is a a great religion of much value to America, BUT we can never allow it to come between Russia and America, NEVER!

Google “FounderChurch”

General Patton

They did not beat Hitler! The US bailed out Russia and the rest of Europe. If we didn’t enter the war then Russia would be speaking German!

Gay Veteran

guess you forgot how the Soviets bled out the German army in Russia

General Patton

The Germans had new technology the Soviets couldn’t compete with. The only reason they lost was because they had to fight a battle on 2 fronts. If they didn’t have to worry about us then all the troops on the Atlantic Wall could have sent to the fight the Soviets.

Gay Veteran

The Soviets had the major burden in the war in Europe.

Aleksandar Tomić

Go watch the movies, they don’t lie right?

micky

Are you kidding me? The Russians had pushed the Nazis back out of Russia, through Ukraine and through Poland and were invading Germany BEFORE the first American boot stepped into France in June of 1944. It cost Russia 20 million dead to beat Hitler…Don’t insult their contribution…the US paid less than half a million dead in that war. The German army we faced had been reduced to boys and old men guarding Western Europe since the Russians has killed or captured millions of Hitlers best soldiers before we ever even started fighting.

Dmitriy Gaydukov

Well, there are 18 reasons why Russia is rising, but there is no reasons why US or west in general should be afraid of Russia. So can anybody explain me why rising of Russia is a threat to US??

Beanodle

Russia traditional enemies have been the Chinese. Russia’s future enemies will be the same ones that the U.S, and China will face.
It makes no sense for Russia, China and the U.S. to whack away at each other when the real enemy is starting to undermine all countries.

chris

I think they mean a threat to US ambitions of permanent Global domination. I would put my money on China though taking over from the US.

ReyR

The American people indeed are confronted with deadly enemies: its corrupt government, the FRS, social forces and parasite minorities that abuse, undermine and destroy its age-old national and family values. But this list does not include Russians. Yes, we are building our defenses, but remember: since the USSR collapsed, the NATO has surrounded us. We live in a circle of NATO bases. Putin is doing the right thing.

Vlad Lenin

Face it. America is getting flushed down the toilet of history just like Rome. There’s no stopping it.

And the one thing we do have in common with Russia…actually the Soviet Union… is we’re about to go through the same type of break up. I suggest you leave the U.S. or at least move to the south east part of the country.

FounderChurch

Only adopting the program and teachings of “FounderChurch” has a chance of saving America. Google it and lets get started….

williaml

I thought we were already socialists. USSA
1. If I own my home that is paid for but fail to pay property tax, the government takes it.
2. I must have government permission to build on my property.
3. what I want to build must be have clearance by the government
4. I must have the proper documents to drive my car.
5. I must have the proper documentation on my vehicle
the list goes on and on

Ayn Rand

I agree that that is annoying, all the government regulations, but I must say that you are being somewhat hypocritical by saying this. You advocate a theocracy, church and state combining, essentially a religious dictatorship, yet you want the government to get off your back? how about this: Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t rape, don’t harm others property, others persons, or others rights… There. Simple law code.

matt93312

The only kind of government that can survive is a Monarchistic Theocracy in which the head of state is omnipotent, omniscient, immortal and almighty.

All other systems fail under the weight of their own excesses. There is no simple law code without a law-giver.

Ayn Rand

I would rather have chaos than bow to any one authority such as that. Count me out.

J M

Simple code? Yes, it’s called the Ten Commandments and crime has gotten worse since the socialist saboteurs took them out of the schools so now younger murderous psychopaths run amok then ever before.

Gay Veteran

America has become the Soviet Union. WE are the evil empire

Mudpie

Yes, the paradigm has changed and things are very, very weird.

Mudpie

We should be so lucky to go through such a peaceful breakup.

I pray that nobody gets hurt and that we all can live together without the Govt. or NSA smashing in our doors on some “mistaken” trumped up drug charges . . . by the way, is the First Amendment still valid here?

I guess it depends on how Obama feels that day.

Mudpie

Or maybe how John Roberts, Esquire, feels that day.

CJ

After all, it was the Supreme Court who ruled that PRIVATE companies could TAKE private property from landowners for their OWN use whether the owner agrees or not.

vinzerx

Why the southeast? I thought Florida was especially susceptible to the extreme changes in climate that’s happening now.

CJ

oh, heck no. Don’t mover to the south east. You’re drinking the runoff from Appalachia where they dump poisoned frack water into the coal mines. Coal mines are the deep underground storage wells they claim to SAFELY put the chemical laden water into.

Jackie Milton

Russia has fewer blacks that hold back the progression of the country than we do here in the US.

Stezie

Sadly, you may be right.

david ramseur

Russia also will not let the homosexual agenda tear its country apart as it is doing in the west. They are safeguarding the morality of their culture.

FounderChurch

You got it!

markthetruth

Not sure about that their women look like men more then our men.

the end…

condaggitt

Maybe its because the harsh climate and women cant afford to lay back and be full time housewives like in our luxury country.

jaxon64

have you ever watched women’s tennis?..also many of the world’s supermodels are russian..quit watching 1950’s anti-soviet propoganda films…
PS: quit hating on the russian people. Yoiu may dislike their communist history or any statist, socialist policies they may have–fine…but childish, derogatory comments about an entire nation of people is wrong—just as your racist comment about it being too cold for blacks. Whenever you lump an entire race or nationality of people together with ignorant generalizations–that is the very definition of racism..I expect better from you since your insights are often quite accurate.
Do better..

General Patton

Russians are not nice people and if you doubt that, go ask the German women and children that got raped and murdered during the Red occupation.

Ayn Rand

F*ck that. Really? blame the homosexuals. Good for you idiot. I like to blame the bankers, the government, and corporate elite. They actually cause the stuff we see. Morality is simple. If it does not hurt someone or that persons property or rights, then it is ok. If it hurts someone’s property, rights, or person then it is wrong. Homosexuality harms no one. You take away the homosexuals rights by telling them what to do.

davidmpark

Actually, they’re doing it because of population problems. They are underpopulated to crisis level. Several years ago I remember the Ruskie’s had a special holiday for all married couples to take a day off and make wild jungle monkey love to promote a baby boom.

Ayn Rand

INGENIOUS! WOW! You have made all of us who criticize the system look crazy again! Just like those who believe that aliens are NWO! Thanks for undermining whatever little influence we have on the public. PEOPLE CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE! HOMOSEXUALS DO NOT HURT YOU OR ME!

GSOB

Freedom to do that which is unnatural.

Gay Veteran

educate yourself, google homosexuality in nature

davidmpark

I was just pointing out what the Russians are doing and THEIR motives. I still don’t care… and now you look crazy.

Gay Veteran

you can’t argue with bigots and racists

Gay Veteran

you really need to move to Saudi Arabia

Gay Veteran

the “homosexual agenda”? oh, you mean equal rights

markthetruth

It’s because it to damm Cold for them !!!

the end…

williaml

that is a lie and you know it

williaml

I hate to tell you but blacks are not what is holding back the progression of this country.

It is the environmentalists, tree huggers, homos, socialists,immoral, illegals, multiculturalism and separation of church and state that is destroying this country.
the answer:
1. return to GOD
2. one national language ENGLISH
3. the rest will fall in order

Gay Veteran

move to Saudi Arabia if you want a theocracy

Ayn Rand

But no, gay veteran, Muslims ARE EVIL!!! the bible says so, even though it never says DIRECTLY SO! I must “Interpret it.”

The fundamentalists just can’t stop killing and plundering can they?

Gay Veteran

the fundamentalists are the new pharisees

Gay Veteran

don’t like clean air and water? move to China

Ayn Rand

1: FREEDOM OF RELIGION! TRY THAT ONE!
2: People can speak whatever language they want to speak. They just hold themselves back by not learning.

Environmentalism is important. I do not believe in global warming, but I do know that they (the elite) are irradiating and polluting our environment. I don’t like socialism. Homosexuals do not hurt you or me. Immorality is in the eye of the person. As long as you do not harm others, their property, or their rights, then you have done no harm. Culture should be independent of gov’t. Stop being a statist/theocrat trying to shove your religion down others throats. If you make it mandatory to go to church, I will rebel, with gun in hand.

Aleksandar Tomić

For country to last it needs national history, And it has to be a lot more than 300 or so years.

williaml

The older a country or civilization gets, the more history it gains.
This rule applies from its beginning to its demise.
It does not matter if it is 1, 10, 100, 1000, or 10,000 years

Are you RC, just curious. Every time I hear an anti Russian blast it seems emanate from someone who is or has connections to it, like McCain for example. Russia does what it has to do to survive. They don’t play by any rules but their own, so don’t expect them to just roll over like so many of our bought “friends” the “made” men of the American Mafia.

markthetruth

Not a anti Russian blast, just the Facts. Every Empire will Rise and Fall !!!

the end…

FounderChurch

Answer my question…..

FounderChurch

Answer my question. Don’t deny your faith. Am I right?

markthetruth

No ! I”m a “Realistic Commonsense ” human being.

the end…

Stezie

Honestly, good for them. If only the US had the backbone and the resolution the Russians have, it would probably still be a world superpower. Russia is a master at inter-national politics. Unlike the US, it knows how to effectively play this game.

FounderChurch

It knows how to pursue its own interests, instead of being co-opted left and right by other people’s agendas domestic and foreign.

dan

I personally believe all of you are way off track. On the back of the dollar is the sign of the illuminati and freemasons. Who do they serve? Why are they wanting to be so dominant in the united states? Or is it they are dominant in the world? Regardless, there is two theories, the west is the hub for the stage of antichrist and new world order, which it clearly shows because of the technology and how we wrap our arms around the globe with our military and culture. The Russians know that its only a matter of time until NATO and u.s. will install those nuke defenses and shutdown the only thing the Russians have over us. The u.s. aint going no where, don’t believe for a min that its really caving in. That’s a ploy to mislead people from the truth.
Theory number 2 would be that we are pre destined to have a new world order and the super powers are fighting whos going to have stakes in it. In other words whos going to be the biggest share holder. The illuminati are in charge of it all above all the slander and rumor talk , they control everything and basically they serve the one and only you know who. Their goal is to reduce human population and create a mankind that is totally immortal and doesn’t even need earth anymore.

Darin

Russia protects their economy like the U S used to do. Our politicians and many of our companies have sold the middle-class out to globalization. We have lost ou identity as a nation. When we left our judeo-christian values along with becoming multicultural we were doomed. The Bible predicts a resurgence of Russia in the last days and a powerful Asia. America will not be the power player it has been for the last 60 or so years as these final days play out.

markthetruth

The bible does not predict a resurgence of Russia in the last days and a powerful Asia

It Says Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation . Which we are at.

the end…

Darin

Resurgence was a bad choice of words, however the Bible does talk about a Russia, along with several Islamic nations,(Ezek. 38-39), that comes against Israel in the last days. As for Asia, the Bible speaks of a large army from the east in Rev. 9 and the “kings of the east” in Rev. 16. The antichrist receives tidings from the east in Dan. 11. Russia and Asia today are taking their positions as seperate but powerful nations from the also powerful Western nations of the New World Order and eventual “beast” kingdom of Rev. 13

guest

Finally somebody who actually understands prophecy! I suspect we might be members of the same small religious group

Darin

We must be.:) Amazing some of the beliefs. There is going to be some differences in interpretation on prophecy but some of this stufff is dangerous!

williaml

Don’t leave this point of scripture out.
(Dan 7:5 KJV) And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

Darin

The bear of Dan. 7 is actually the Medo- Persian empire that conquered Babylon. It was followed by Greece. It was the Persians under Cyrus who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland as predicted by Isaiah.

jaxon64

exactly..and the building of the temple that was later destroyed by Ephisus from Rome–as Jesus foretold that not one brick would be left standing.
There will be one last temple built in Jerusalem which will be defiled by the abomination which creates desolation–the man of perdition will sit on the throne and demand that the world worship him…
To your point though…the kings of the east and the army of 100 million prophecy–this is one of the more clear and understandable prophecies as only China and her satellite countries could field a physical, marching army or that many–in fact, I have read that they currently could field 100 million and march toward the middle east if needed–the Euphrates being dry enough to cross by foot is also now fulfilled…..the hour is late..
“The young lions of Tarshish”..or western nmations will ask Russia-“have you come to take plunder?”…Israel now has discovered vast wealth of natural gas and could become a huge potential exporter to Europe–Russia can’t allow this. Talk about a hook in the jaw of the bear….

GSOB

Read some Christian books by same such authors:

David Chilton – ‘Paradise Restored’
or his
“The Days Of Vengeance”
– an exposition of the book of Revelation

or

Kenneth Gentry –
‘He Shall Have Dominion’

Highly recommended!

Yohanon

Ephisus? really?

Try Titus

jaxon64

sorry…I assumed e1 would know Titus was emperor at the time..it was Ephesus–the Roman General that was actually in charge of the destruction and horrors done in Jerusalem…
I forget my audience at times

Gay Veteran

an article about Russia rising and the bible thumpers are already out

GSOB

The Beast of Revelation is clearly the Roman Empire.

GusFarmer

How exactly could a book written CENTURIES before either Russia or Islam even existed refer to them at all?!? Common sense says those references are to the imperial powers of THOSE DAYS (Assyria, the Persian Empire or Rome depending on the “prophet”).

Aeffesstoo

Perhaps the source of Biblical writings knew more than the people that actually put the words to paper.

jaded

The thing about religion is there is no common sense. Wake up people.

Ayn Rand

Exactly. People beg for something to believe in. A lot of stuff in the Bible is truth, but a lot of it makes me want to throw up. People should stop being sheep and think upon things for themselves.

Erick Perez

With love i tell you this: Please review your beliefs, i hope change your soul to the Lord, Yeshua & you understand…

Matthew 12:36-37
New International Version (NIV)

36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Ayn Rand

Well, you said so politely, unlike a lot of those who preach, so I will be polite. I used to be Christian. Then I thought “why should we bow to a ‘Lord’ who is effected by rage jealousy and anger, which are sins in my book. Why should I follow beliefs where even good people go to h*ll if they aren’t Christian? Why should people not be free?” So, I renounced Christianity.

Erick Perez

I think the problem is the interpretation of Bible, do not belive a man:
Jeremiah 17:5
5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.

No religion can save you:

James 1:27
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

But please keep reading Bible & ask Holy Spirit help you understand….

Erick Perez

With love i tell you this: Please review your beliefs, i hope change your soul to the Lord, Yeshua & you understand…

GSOB

The expression Gog and Magog does not, and never did, refer to Russia.

Darin

Gog, Magog, Rosh in Ezekial do refer to the Russian people and region. You can trace them from the defendant’s of Noah to that region. Persia is modern day Iran

Mondobeyondo

If not Russia, then who do they refer to?

matt93312

We shall soon find out

Ralfine

If you stand in Russia and look east you see America.

cynicfrombc

This is the kind of crap interpretation that makes Christianity unnecessarily foolish in the eyes of those who have no faith. The Bible is not some kind of code book which gives history in advance to those who can decipher the numbers. It is instead a revelation of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus and a call to have faith in him as the Lord of history. Christians can know where history ends: in the fullness of the Kingdom of God. As to the nature of geo-politics in the time leading to God’s Kingdom, the Bible gives no information. I’m thankful for that!

matt93312

You are wrong. It is history written in advance to guide the faithful and rub it in Satan’s face on judgement day. It is not your prerogative to allegorize the sections you don’t understand and ignore the parts that disagree with your politics. God is not subject to your shallow interpretation of his Word. Jesus spoke far more on the topic of hell then he did on heaven because he came with a message of warning and hope. If you are not getting the “whole counsel of God” in your church, I suggest that you find a church that believes the bible and ignores the tradition of men.

cynicfrombc

I don’t think you should judge my faith and my church because we don’t accept your literalistic interpretations of prophecy. The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that the church is God’s chosen people and his holy nation; indeed, the Scriptures go so far as to declare that the church is the “Israel of God.” Thus, the OT prophecies regarding Israel are fulfilled in Christ and in his church. I would rather stick with this apostolic reading of the Old Testament than with the ideas of Darby and his followers including Hal Lindsey and the authors of “Left Behind.” In the end, the failed predictions of these men and their ilk and their blind support of the modern atheistic state of Israel have done a lot to discredit the gospel. They have also done a lot to prod America to foreign policy decisions that are stupid and unjust because of a blind favouritism toward Israel.

williaml

Consider this scripture:
(Dan 7:5 KJV) And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

GSOB

Rome

krinks

Of course it does. Try again.

Mark Mitchell

Actually this is not true,you’re forgetting the Gog and Magog war of Ezekiel…which is lead by Russian and Iran.This war hasn’t happened yet ..we call it WW3.

GSOB

Please provide your source, or link. You getting this from church?

Mondobeyondo

There are those who claim that Magog (or Gog) is, or will be, the revived Russian empire.

Morgan

Bible does NOT predict a resurgence of Russia. As a matter of fact Russia is not even mentioned in the Bible. Nor is China.

Bible does however talk about a Great Whore riding a beast with seven heads.

Is pretty clear that The Great Whore are the Zionists who control (sit on) the 7 headed beast which is the US and other Western nations.

It also predicts that the beast will at the end turn against the Great Whore “and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.”

Book of Revelation 17.15-18

Darin

Sorry Morgan but the great Whore of Rev. 17 has nothing to do with Zion, but is the Apostate church system that rides the “beast” system, (the revised Roman empire), of the antichrist that geographically is Europe, parts of the middle east. Yes he does turn on the Whore in the middle of the Tribulation,(Rev. 13), and demands worship of himself as God. He will try to destroy Israel but a remnant will remain and turn to their Messiah, (Zech. 12:10-14.)

Morgan

NO, you are wrong. According to the Bible the Great Whore is responsible for all the murders of prophets and apostles and of Our Lord Jesus. The Church is not responsible for any of these.

The Zionists and their ancestors fit the bill and that’s why they are the Great Whore.

Darin

The true church is not responsible. The Whore will be lead by, though not limited to the Roman Catholic church. History shows that Roman Catholicism is “drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus”,(it doesnt say the apostles or Jesus when describing the Whore, Rev.17:6.) Jesus said that when talking to the jewish religious leaders about their Old Testament ancestors. Rev. 17 is speaking of martyrs of church age. The true church, the “body of Christ” should be looking for Christ’s coming to catch his saints away, 1 Thess. 4:15-18.

markthetruth

In traditional Christian belief, Jesus the Messiah appears in his Second Coming to Earth, to face the emergence of the Antichrist figure. Just as Christ is the savior and the ideal model for humanity, his opponent in the End of Days will be a single figure of concentrated evil.

the end…

Erick Perez

With love i tell you this: Please consider this, Yashua is the name…

‘Jesus’ may be the name of a Pagan God
Below are some notes from research,

“THERE IS ONLY ONE NAME UNDER HEAVEN BY WHICH MAN CAN BE SAVED” IT IS NOT PRONOUNCED “JESUS” (hey-zoos!)
It is Yahshua, which means Yah is our salvation.

The latin-greek word ‘Jesus’ = Je-Zeus (hey-zoos).
Zeus or dios is the Greek Sun God, hence “Sun”day worship.
The real name for the messiah is Yahshuah.
“Soos” is Hebrew for “horse.”
This Pagan name ‘sus’ is used in many name-endings like Tarsus, Pegasus, Dionysus, Parnassus, etc., to honor Zeus phonetically. The Greek name endings like sus, sous, and seus were employed to give honor to “Zeus.”
“Sus” in Latin means “pig”

MomOf3Boys

As long as He knows we worship Him, does it matter if we call Him Jesus, Yeshua, Almighty, God, Father/Son, Provider, Healer… Jesus knows who HE is, even if we imperfect humans messed up his name over time <3

Erick Perez

Whith all my love: I am not from any religion.

Yeshua is a name which means ‘God is salvation’ in HEBREW his language (at age 12 we find sitting in the Temple discussing the finer points of the Torah with the religious leaders of his day. Such a discussion undoubtedly occurred in Hebrew)

“Jesus is a corrupted name derived from the Greek IESOUS. Ies, or iysh in Hebrew means man, while sus -soos means horse, so when you speak that name, you are referring to the Messiah as “man horse” or “man beast”.”

“The name IESOUS or “hey-soos” means “hey horse

We should certainly study all of the names and titles of God to understand the character of the One we worship

Yeshua Bless You…

MomOf3Boys

I agree everyone should do research on what they believe. But again, I’m pretty sure God understands humanity’s imperfect manner of passing information over the generations. It’s not like if I say Jesus that I’m mentally calling him “hey horse” God knows our hearts. Not everyone can be scholars and know everything about the bible.

Erick Perez

My beloved soul: I’m agree with you: “Not everyone can be scholars and know everything about the bible” in fact, nobody knows. & Agree with:” It’s not like if I say Jesus that I’m mentally calling him “hey horse” God knows our hearts” because I use to do that!. But as far as i know, you are mom of 3 boys, i am father of 2 boys & you, like me want to raise your children with the best in life, you & me agree: GOD is the best. & You like me are responsible for future man: ”

Isaiah 13:12-14

King James Version (KJV)

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. So you have a great responsibility please do this teach your boys the real name & see the blessing for your family & see how they do not oppose like adults to the real name… P.D do your research & do not belive me:

Jeremiah 17:5

New International Version (NIV)

5 This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

CJ

Jesus means God Saves in Hebrew language.

Erick Perez

I agree

itiswellwithmysoul

Wow. I was reading these comments and thinking these people don’t realize the great whore is the catholic church and to my amazement you just nailed it.

williaml

Morgan, please consider Who was responsible for the murders of the Apostles, later prophets (preachers), and even Jesus himself.
I will give you a hint: ROME
This SAME WHORE was in bed with Hitler and is in bed with Muslims.
This is the very same whore that claims intimacy with GOD is also intimate with devils.

This Same Whore sits on seven hills.
Her pastor aka The False Prophet claims to be Gods authority (spokesperson) on Earth
Go Figure.

CJ

That is BS. You know NOTHING except what was taught to you by bigots…and they lie. The Roman Catholic Church and early father chose the Scriptures of the New Testament and saved them from destruction..for all future generations.

williaml

Tell me why was Martin Luther persecuted by the Roman Church if they saved the scriptures.
Why did the roman church burn the books if they were saving the scriptures
Why did the roman church dig up Tyndale’s body and burn his bones when all he did was translate the Bible into English
that is just for starters

Mark Mitchell

A whore in the Bible is a false religion!The Bible decodes itself…someone has brainwashed you badly!

williaml

you are confused.

(Dan 7:5 KJV) And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

This scripture alone tells us that Russia (the Bear) would arise in the last days.
The Great Whore is that “church” that has been intimate with many gods.

Gay Veteran

can’t you “christians” get on the same page?????

Ayn Rand

I know a lot of good Christians, but it seems they are outnumbered by the crazy Christians I seem to see everywhere.

GSOB

What page you on?

Gay Veteran

the page of reason

MomOf3Boys

Christians follow Christ and none other. If you pray to others (i.e. Mary or saints) you are praying to other “gods”…. That’s not Christian.

Gay Veteran

gee, wonder if many catholics would agree with you

MomOf3Boys

Gee, I’d be surprised if they did. Sorry!! I know it’s a controversial comment, but I know we don’t all have the same thoughts/opinions on this blog, otherwise, there wouldn’t be many posts! Ha!

Gay Veteran

amazing how many sects of cristianity there is. so much for one true word

MomOf3Boys

Yup, the devil sure does try to add his confusion in, doesn’t he? Man is not perfect and has messed up a lot of things, including “religion”. It’s ok, because the one true word is “Love”. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Gay Veteran

interesting, a religion based on human sacrifice

MomOf3Boys

Have you ever TRIED to understand it at all or just allowed your sarcasm to keep God away this whole time? You sure are a trying person GayVeteran! Have you ever had something so good, so pure, so wonderful in your life that you would give anything or do anything to have it back? Silly as it may sound, that’s kinda how God feels about us. He knew Jesus would overcome death in the end, He’s just giving us as much time as He can to allow those with hardened hearts to have a last chance…

Gay Veteran

Christianity is interesting in that it is indeed based on human sacrifice. And only humans would be so arrogant to accept that.

MomOf3Boys

self-sacrifice… saving all at the price of one… sounds more like heroics to me

Gay Veteran

and why was any sacrifice needed? why can’t people repent and go about their lives?

MomOf3Boys

because we just keep on sinning

CJ

Ah, but the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus himself…and is STILL the same church and will ALWAYS be.

Gay Veteran

LOL, I don’t think many protestants would agree with that.
and the catholic church is corrupt to the core

CJ

Catholics do not pray TO Mary and the Saints like they are God. Catholics believe the Saints AND Mary, are very much alive even now and we ask them to pray FOR us. If you have heard your version from other preachers, then your preachers don’t know much and should not comment on things they know nothing about.

MomOf3Boys

You don’t need those mediators. Christ is our mediator, just as you don’t need a priest to mediate for you. Jesus died so we can have a personal relationship with God, and that’s why the curtain was torn in the temple, it’s symbolic

Mark Mitchell

You are trying to rewrite Dan 7:5 here….the Bear has 3 ribs in it’s mouth but all 3 beast are conquered by the 4th beast and will remain but will never have power.This has zero to do with Russia ..zero.

Darin

Your right its Medo- Persia. Tbis kingdom followed Babylon. Greece followed Persia. Daniel seen these kingdoms rise including Rome. Dan. chapters 2,7 and 8

Mark Mitchell

A whore in Bible prophecy is a false religion and a beast is a symbol for a world power.Where in the world are some of you people getting your Bible teachings from!!!

Ayn Rand

I don’t get why people are always so overly obsessive about “Judeo-Christian values.” The only reason we lost our great economy was by selling out to the big bankers and, as you said, globalization. I completely disagree with your cultural analysis. It does not affect the economy.

Darin

I believe it was John Adams who said our system will only work for a religious, moral people. Well! Its not working and the root of the problem goes back to straying from these values. Globalization, Marxism, socialism, greed, political corruption, etc. all stem from this. Moral rot and economic deterioration go hand in hand. How can a society steeped in debauchery long stand?

williaml

religious, moral people are Not running things
remember they want a separation of church and state.
These are the last days and it will get worse before it gets better.
The time we are living in are what Jesus called the beginning of sorrows

Darin

Agreed!

Ayn Rand

Because separation of church and state is a bad thing. F*ck you. How dare you try and destroy religious freedom. You religious fundamentalists are evil. Forcing your religion upon others is evil. Does it not say in the bible to “not pass judgment upon others?”

GusFarmer

Morality and religion are two different things, and it’s easy to be moral without religion. Religion is simply another form of government,another group of powerful parasites siphoning taxes (tithes) and other resources off people who actually work for a living..

Ayn Rand

I concur. Organized religion is evil. The crazy fundamentalists need to get away from all of us civilized people.

GSOB

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Darin

When the foundes spoke of religion they were generally speaking of Christianity. Most if not all people are religious about something. Salvation is the key, not religion

GusFarmer

Most of the major founders were Deists and strongly secular, including John Adams. You mentioned him above, but he specifically signed and supported the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli, which states, in Art. 11:”… the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion …” There’s not a lot of wiggle room there.

Darin

There is know way to have even a basic knowledge of American history and read the words of the founders, not to mention our laws being rooted in the Bible, “the laws of nature and natures God” and believe that nonsense. Secularist like to paint the founders as diest and secuarist to fit their own world view and agenda.

MomOf3Boys

wow, really? Religion is a form of government? We don’t get arrested or go to hell if we don’t tithe. But GIVING is moral right? So what’s the problem again?

GusFarmer

Yeah, giving is moral. But there’s no reason it has to be through a church organization, which tends to use such money to support itself at least as much as to do any good. Those who choose to be church-goers have every right to do so, and most are honest, decent people. But it’s not a coincidence that church and state were strongly intertwined through most of human history, since the same families typically provided both secular and religious rulers whose roles were often intentionally muddy.

Ayn Rand

…. I don’t get it. what does not harm others or others property/rights is not evil. All societies have murder, rape theft, etc. A society with plenty of debauchery can exist, as long as their is a good economy to back it.

GusFarmer

I generally agree regarding harming others; most private behavior labeled “sin” falls in that category. But sometimes property “rights” trample various other needs and personal rights,and that causes big problems.

Ayn Rand

John Locke did advocate some limitations on excessive land ownership if one entity’s holdings became too large. I would say that I agree it may be necessary to break up the occasional extreme monopoly. However, those rarely come into being in true laissez faire capitalism.

GSOB

system?

Darin

Excuse me, constitution

williaml

I find your quote: The only reason we lost our great economy was by selling out to the big bankers……
falls perfectly in line with

(1 Tim 6:10 KJV) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
love of money has killed our country,
from greedy banks (usury) , greedy businesses (high prices), greedy government (taxes).
All of this has caused the people to demand higher wages to survive.
this is a vicious cycle.

Ayn Rand

I disagree. Greed is not evil. Parasitism is. I am greedy, but I do not harm others. Therefore I am moral.

GusFarmer

Greed often causes parasitism by warping the priorities of the greedy person into losing sight of others’ needs and the long-term best interests of the whole community. The greedy then take advantage of the community and others to serve their own ends while justifying it to themselves with such BS as the “trickle-down theory,” “might-makes-right,” “noblesse oblige” and even “divine right,” depending on when and where in history you were.

Ayn Rand

True. I say that, as long as greed is checked by decent morality (do not harm others) then it is a positive. I agree that extreme greed causes extreme hurt to many, such as our current elite robbing us of our livelihoods

GSOB

Please give me a link that teaches this.

Pissed man

The USA is Babylon of revelation 17 & 18 and is destroyed by fire. Probably by nukes from that new sub or even suitcase nukes carried across a porous border. Check out the chapters for yourself it perfectly describes the USA in great detail. Many don’t want to admit the truth, but really, would a just God really let our great sins go, I think not.

Darin

Although many would agree with you on this I believe Babylon will be the same geographical location as its been throughout history. There is still a literal Babylon south of Bagdad. Sadam Hussein was actually working on rebuilding it before he was removed. The U S and other countries are currently investing money to restore it. It is the place where false doctrine began and where it will end. Rev. 18. It will be the seat of the Antichrist and the center of commerce. Scriptures in Isaiah and Jeremiah predicts its comlete destruction wbich has never happened. The Bible is actually a tell of two cities. Babylon tbe city of man and Jerusalem the falsetto of God. One the center of the worship, the other of false

Darin

Jerusalem the city of the true God

SafetyViking

Wait….didn’t we give them a few billion in the 80’s to ‘help’ them embrace democracy? Have they given it back yet?

Dmitriy Gaydukov

google “russia pays off debt” and you will find that in Putin tenure Russia has paid all it’s debt

There are kings and empires all over the place that are beginning to rise. Read the books of Daniel and Ezekiel.

They are not known by the names you know them today (U.S, England, Israel, Germany, etc), but by their ancestral names: Manasseh, Judah, Ephraim, etc. The “lost” tribe of Dan = Danmark which is Danish for “DENMARK”!

Germany is the modern day name for Assyria.

Once you understand this, the Bible, ad Bible prophecy, begin to make sense.

Vermaphax

Forgot one…Russia is looking into Thorium technology, if they get it up and running they will advance about 100 years in 24 months. U.S. doesn’t like to think about using Thorium because the byproduct doesn’t make big boom boom. If a Thorium reactor fails it just cools down, Technology exists to put Thorium reactors in your garage to power your house right down to your electric car.

Cross and Hammer

God Bless Mother Russia! God Bless President Putin!

Mondobeyondo

God Bless Russia, my dacha, sweet dacha!
Yeah, OK. Whatever.

John Q Parvenu

Hello,

Here are some hastily scribbled thoughts, offered in opposition to the purblind provincialism on display in Mr. Snyder’s sermonette…

The thousands of hours that I have expended studying the Cold War led me to the stone-cold conclusion that that conflict was 98% the work
of Washington.

How many Americans know, inter alia, that:

1) the US, in concert with Great Britain invaded Russia as World War I was concluding;

2) the US refused to diplomatically recognize the Soviet Union for 15 years following the Russian Revolution (such poutish and loutish
behavior ill behooves a “great” nation, no?);

3) America’s contribution to the Allies victory in the Euro theater of World War II paled in comparison to that of the Soviets;

4) the Pentagon, than as now firmly under the thumb of sociopaths, had concocted a list of over 300 Russian cities to be expunged from the
Earth with their newfangled atom bombs before war’s end — a bleak prospectus that would shortly be expanded to include over 700 cities ;

5) the USAF, under the stewardship of troglodyte Generalissimo Curtis LeMay, attempted on 60-plus occasions during the Ike Age to
initiate nuclear war with the Russians, on at least one instance going so far as to fly bombers over Moscow boulevards — at treetop levels —
and, that as late as 1988, Curtis the Crazed continued to lament the fact that we hadn’t destroyed the Soviets with what he affectionately
termed his “Sunday punch” — thankfully the Russians declined to take a swig from the General’s Little Brown Jug; and

6) the US today is re-engaged in the encirclement of Russia, a policy that began under BillyJeff’s watch, and that this profoundly misguided approach will drive Russia, a natural ally of Europe, into the arms of China (perhaps, that is the purpose of such… )

I, on the other hand, would take Messrs Putin and Gorbachev, and even Boris the Bibulous, over any American President from LBJ on…

For the sake of peace loving people — wherever
they may reside — a countervailing force must emerge so as to curtail the predations of DeathStar America before it completely ravages this fragile planet.

I think your pink diaper is showing! You must, if you can, differentiate between RUSSIA and Communism. You sound like an old lefty. Am I right? While I applaud Russia, I deplore Communism as any sane person should. I applaud the RUSSIANS for getting rid of their Communist Cancer.

ws

Good points—-isn’t it ironic that Russia moved away from Communism while we move towards it—-oh, the games the elite bankers play with us to keep us fighting and kiling each other for their control freak amibitions.

ian

you people are freakin retarded if you think we are anywhere near
communism. We are a fascist corporate plutocracy. Get it straight or go
back to remedial history.

FounderChurch

You mean the history you learned from your Lefty teachers?

Ayn Rand

I think we agree for once Ian. However, because of this corporate plutocracy, very well put I might add, I believe we will be killed off by the elite for a variety of reasons. What says you?

ian

i agree. Genocide i coming soon.

Gay Veteran

no, we’re moving towards fascism: the merger of state and corporate power

Gay Veteran

totally missed the point again, eh

ws

One more you can add—–
“Russia has a more honest media than the United States. Citizens wishing to get the truth about the fraud and widespread corruption that takes place in the banana republic kleptocracy formerly known as the USA can look to Pravda or RT for hard hitting, honest news about the daily corruption that takes place in Amerika”

RarefiedSnotress

and isn’t it funny how we were made to believe long ago how evil the KGB was with their spy techniques? Now look at how the USA spies on it’s citizens.

ws

Good point. It is fair and accurate to say that Amerika is the most corrupt and hypocritical society in the history of mankind at this point and is not salvagable because it has descended into a banana republik with corrupt special interests controlling everything including the printing of money. the citizens of Amerika don’t stand a chance, sad to say.

williaml

The only problem I see is that the rich have the resources to get out but we are the ones left to fight it out.
Once again the poor are left to fight the war of the rich

Mudpie

Yes, and it happened so freaking quickly. The Left’s insanity spreads like wildfire, and they are whip smart when it comes to selling their snake oil.

GusFarmer

The problem isn’t Left or Right. It’s the fact a relative handful of oligarchs are manipulating BOTH sides for their own benefit, using slogans that push each side’s buttons vs the other to keep us all divided rather than focused on them.

TJ

The Left IS a problem. It is institutionalized treason and it is the hobby horse of those same oligarchs and the right is phony opposition.

We are a banana republic, it’s true. And it’s by design. Minorities were let in en masse since 1965 Immigration Act in order to provide pawns for them to play divide and conquer with.

CJ

The lefts insanity? So republicons don’t like big oil and all the other corporations? Then why are they so hell bent on corporations not paying ANY taxes…but leave US paying them all? etc etc etc. Better get your eyes opened.

Mudpie

Wow, I agree and think millions of us are thinking the same thing.

The worm is turning. Be patient. Pray.

jaxon64

this is true..I actually peruse RT a few times a week for true insight on events in Amerika…once you begin reading from sites like this, you begin to see how even the simple wording of things can be very manipulative by the US MSM…heck, the MSM just today called “maj Hasan–the army major in Fort Hood who allegedly killed 13 people”…in RT it is simply..” Hasan-an Islamic extremist who murdered 13 people while crying out Allah Akhbar has admitted his guilt”..
Snowden is a leaker of national security info in our MSM…in international sources he is a whistleblower who informed the public of the NSA’s illegal acts and violation of our 4th amendment and hence–our laws..etc, etc..

GSOB

Remember Rocky IV?

Ralfine

Yes, they like to report about America, but not about Russia.

Jennifer Senn

Note: ABOUT AMERICA. Not about their own country since it is KGB controlled. Those people end up dead. And thats just because I have paid attention in the last 12 years since Putin’s rise.

lois752

what Raymond replied I am alarmed that some people can make $7669 in 1 month on the internet. did you look at this website w­w­w.K­E­P­2.c­o­m

vinzerx

I guess it goes both ways. Russian media is honest about US affairs, and US media is honest about Russian affairs. It’s always a good idea for any citizen of any country to look to foreign media as another point of reference on things that happen in their own home countries.

RarefiedSnotress

While these are all interesting statistics, I have to wonder if Russia suffers the same disparities that the USA suffers. Are their CEOs making 273x what the average worker makes? How many average citizens are living in poverty? Any obnoxious housing bubbles? How does living quality for the average citizen in the USSR compare to the US? From what I understand, housing is generally overcrowded with families in small apartments with undivided/roomless spaces.
Without googling I will assume that at least the medical system there doesn’t gouge their citizens like in the USA,. I assume that it is socialized and it actually works for them.
While Russia may be outdoing us economically for the time being, does that really equate to quality of life?

FounderChurch

Another Lefty confused about life. Didn’t Lenin call them “useful fools”? The Left (Democrat) agenda is exactly what is wrong with America, an agenda that Russia is still shaking off, thank God.

RarefiedSnotress

You have problems with quality of life questions? That’s so Right Wing typically indignant and obtrusive of you.

Gregg

The answer is so clear that you would be unable to see it through the fog of your chosen ideology. Socialism has failed everywhere and always will- it gives no incentive to strive for greatness. Therefore we all just share miserable existences- but at least we will all be “equally” unhappy.

RarefiedSnotress

You are ignoring the 2 ton elephant. USA Capitalism isn’t doing too well as Michael is pointing out.

Ayn Rand

Laissez faire capitalism is what we need. The problem is we became fascist corporatists.

Gay Veteran

Laissez faire capitalism ends up with monopolies and cartels

Ayn Rand

Must disagree with ya there. The only reason we have monopolies and cartels today is because of government involvement. Government regulators and the taxmen are bribed by the monopolies and cartels, who are then allowed to do whatever they want. If we get government out of business we will get rid of corruption.

Gay Veteran

even without government involvement you would still get monopolies and cartels because corporations will seek to maximize their profits

Ayn Rand

But there will always be competition. As long as it is free, there will always be someone duking it out with someone. Monopolies and cartels are created when there is no competition. Free market ENSURES competition.

Gay Veteran

there was little competition during the age of the Robber Barons and their monopolies

Ayn Rand

Only because of ridiculous laws limiting the movement of people on the social ladder. Also, most of the time when there is a monopoly, it is government mandated.

Gay Veteran

in the age of the Robber Barons???????

Ayn Rand

Educate me upon said, Robber Barons.

Gay Veteran

Goggle “Robber Barons”

Gay Veteran

still licking that plutocratic boot, eh

FounderChurch

You diaper pinks!!!

Gay Veteran

try writing a coherent sentence

Jane OfVirginia

I was last in Vladivostok, Russia, and Moscow, Russia in 1999. I was flabbergasted by the progress they have made and how well they have adapted to capitalism. I keep in close tough with a number of Russians who continue to be hard working and shrewd and the improvements continue in a debt free manner. The people in Russia are sensible, kind, decent, passionate and very hard working.

Russia has more natural resources than we do. Palladium, silver, rare woods, and rare Earth metals are abundant. They are the next heir apparent to Earth, whether we like it or not.
Learn your Russian ! Bolshoe spasiba !

K

Have the Russians made great advances in submarines, yes. In the Russian navy, the submarine is given priority over surface vessels. The U.S. navy is built around the aircraft carrier. Do the Russians have better fighter aircraft then the U.S.? Probably, if you consider how many times the entire F22 fleet has been grounded. First duty of the Russian military, defend the homeland. First duty of the U.S. military, buy overpriced weapon systems. And then spend many more billions of dollars,and many years of time. To get them to actually work.

Spud

Russia has also had a more stable population than the US. (It actually went down for a bit in the 1990s). Overpopulation = misery.

That’s why I wished Michael would word it as ‘they have a lot of natural resources *per capita*’.

FounderChurch

Russia is very interested in raising their birth rate and are spending lots of money to do so. You are wrong in your calculations that a small population is helpful. It is not. I could go into WHAT they are doing, but it is significant. Their low birth rate is the result of 3 generations of living enslaved by Communists (ie Democrats).

rentslave

To give you an idea of how unfriendly is Newark:There’s a park named for Nat Turner,a slave who cut off the heads of 10 children while they were sleeping.

grumpyhillbilly

The US is on the decline. Its everywhere. Russia will finally see itself in a position that they think should have been theirs since back in the day of the Czars. No doubt there will be some payback for the US, Britain, and Germany. Then you have the geopolitical theory of whoever controls the heartland – controls the world. Russia sits on part of and above what is considered the heartland. Guess we will find out on that one.

TtT Engine

Don’t worry, OB promised to Medvedev, that he will have more flexibility after the ‘rigged’ election. This means full implementation of the Smart aka “traitors” treaty. We will continue to weaken the 2nd Amendment and dismantle/reduce our nuclear weapons, weapons shields, while Red Russia builds up theirs. Restrict and shackle the harvesting of our God Given natural energy resources so we can be prisoners to foreign energy lords like OPEC. It’s like having corn growing in your backyard for 10 cents an ear, then foolishly importing it and paying 50 cents an ear. We’ve aborted 55 million and we are copying the population decline owned by Europe and Russia for some 40 years. The only thing you lefties do well is weaken a once proud and great nation called the U.S.A. Congratulations, mission near completion. God will have the last word. Christi Fidelis !

FounderChurch

Pull in your RC claws, Russia is NOT our enemy, just because they are Orthodox Christians. Otherwise you are right in your observations. .

TtT Engine

Any nation [Russia/China/Egypt, et.als.] that oppresses freedom of religion, in our case, Christianity, is an evil nation. Any nation that denies their people their unalienable rights, is an evil nation. An enemy of God and freedom is an enemy of the Red/White/Blue. The U.S.A. has been moving in that direction since 8+15+1969 [the enemy within]. God will have the Last Word ! Christi Fidelis !!

Gay Veteran

frack some more! who cares about polluted water

TtT Engine

Be responsible stewards of the fruits of the earth given to us by God Almighty. Worship God. Just say no to environmental paganism. Christi Fidelis !

Learn the difference between a Communist (a Democrat) and a Russian (a Republican)

Gay Veteran

you are utterly clueless! Demopublicans and Repubucrats are 2 sides of the same coin

FounderChurch

Keep on dreaming and smoking, smoking and dreaming.

Gay Veteran

sorry, sounds like you’re the one smoking the weed

Morgan

This is a wonderful news for the whole humanity including the American people. Russia is a moral, Christian country and they just may save us from the evil tyranny of Zionists who control our country. I hope and pray Russia gets even more poweful..

jsmith

Exactly! People here in the United States are finally waking up. Ironic that the United States is turning into the Soviet Union with an internal KGB that spies on its citizens, while Russia is turning into a United States with a future for its people. I see no threat to the United States from Russia, I see a threat from our politicians!

Ayn Rand

Russia is pretty tyrannical. Gun control, still plenty of surveillance, and still run by the same people we are run by. I don’t get why so many “Christians” are so intent on shoving their religion down others throats. There is a reason for freedom of religion.

FounderChurch

Freedom of religion is fine, but a person with NO religion is worthy of no respect or consideration, and is less than 1 percent of the world’s population.

adwv

Man, you’re screwed. Those views I can simply not understand. Religion is scary.

Ayn Rand

People have a right to deny religion as well.

FounderChurch

Yes, but they don’t have the right to any respect from me.

Gay Veteran

who wants respect from a troll like you?!?!?!?

FounderChurch

Anti-Semitism is pathetic, as is ALL bigotry scapegoating. See what it did for Hitler who promised to save the White race and advance Conservatism. He got 69 million White people killed and almost no coloreds, and set back Conservatism 200 years. Smoke that….

jsmith

Follow the money Founder!

FounderChurch

You bigots amaze me. You are a lazy worthless bunch who never save money. Never get an education. Never create any businesses to employ others. Live off the government. Kill most all of your children with birth control, and then you have the nerve to curse the Jew for getting an Education, working hard, making money and serving other people. Stop whining and get off your tail, and get some education, and save your money, and open a business and amount to something. At least have a bunch of kids which even a feral cat or dog are capable of. You shame your God if you have one. I’m no lover of Jews or Blacks or any other group except my own, but I will not blame my own failures on minorities. That is just stupid. Your problem is with your own White Christians who like you are non achievers. Be an achiever and you might just help this be a better world and even help yourself. You probably don’t even vote much less work a Precinct or work in an organized way to do your Civic duty. Just guessing but a likely guess.

Gay Veteran

bigots? project much? you’re the one talking about “coloreds”

mohsensamiei

russians are of one race and one country whereas the americans are a cocktail.

Patriot Alice

We are a very confused country. So many different values, cultures, it’s hard to stay focused…

Ayn Rand

…. I don’t get it. We were multicultural from the start of our nation. Particularly during the 1800’s when we were at our best. Multiculturalism does not harm the economy. PARASITISM, FASCISM, and CORRUPT GOVERNMENT DOES!

Traffix

Vladimir Putin is Russia’s Ronald Reagan. Putin and Obama sitting next to each other said it all.

Gay Veteran

you do know that the Federal debt exploded under Reagan

FounderChurch

No Lefty can reason only emot…out of both ends.

Gay Veteran

oh look, a troll that makes no sense

Dave Webb

I guess my question is how did they do it?
Obviously they were bankrupt at one point in time.
In a movie called Charlie’s War the Russians were losing more than a Combat Helicopter a day to people using portable weapons on horseback. The Combat Helicopters were expensive. The military effort itself almost did them in using very expensive weapons against very primitive technology.

Seems to me like we are like-wise invested in over expensive navy equipment that we can lose in a heart beat. Same goes for our Air Force planes.
The last time I checked, the U.S. Army also has a lot of expensive equipment that is difficult to replace.
The answer is logistics. When I was in service we used inexpensive half ton trucks not Hummers. At the time on the open market a new car was available in our currency for about 3,500 dollars. So given that information a half ton truck was probably about 5-6 thousand. Currently a Hummer was getting 9 miles to a gallon and was going for over 50,000 in today’s currency. We are fighting at least two possibly 3 wars in the Middle East. Our Army is using Hummers not half ton trucks. The logistics of this astound me.
How much would one Aircraft Carrier cost and how long would it take to take one down with one of those subs? And what do we replace it with?

The answers are blowing in the wind. Because no one on our side of the fence appears to be questioning things that need to be questioned.
I maintain we lost our wars a long time ago and we continue to get into situations we have no business getting into. Again it is a matter of logistics as much as anything else.

We should have had automated drones 50 years ago taking the place of soldiers in the field. We had the technology but were afraid to use it.
The first step is to know your enemy way of thinking. The Chinese game of war is something similar to GO. In which they surround the opponent with pieces then eliminate them.
The Russian game is Chess. They are strategic engineers and very good at it.
The war this country faces is as much economic as it is anything else. This war has been going on since the 1970s.
It is time we take the brains of this country and re-establish our economy on a world wide basis. To do that is going to take genius level planning and we are going to have to make a lot of changes in how we do things.
“Should have . . .” “Could have . . .” Would have . . .” are all key phrases of failure.
To rebuild this country we have to make the rules of economics work in our favor. That is going to take a silent revolution in the way we do things.
I think that is what the leaders of Russia have done. Now it is our time to copy them in what they have succeeded in doing.

K

“How much would one Aircraft Carrier cost and how long would it take to take one down with one of those subs? And what do we replace it with?” Current cost of an aircraft carrier 14 billion dollars, and that does not include the aircraft. It would take such a sub about 20 minutes to take it out. Assuming the sub is within 60 miles. We would not need to replace them. They are only useful, for sticking our nose in other peoples business

kfilly

I heard that the Russian military kept track of our navy fleets during the Cold War. They did not plan on engaging in traditional navy conflict as they knew that their navy would not win in a head to head conflict. Instead, they had entire navy fleets targeted with nuclear weapons. It would not just be an aircraft carrier lost in an engagement.

K

You heard correctly. No it would be the entire fleet, if they went nuclear.

FounderChurch

You are very smart Dave, we should talk. I nominate you for President or Secretary of Defense. Seriously. This Country needs a PLAN FOR VICTORY. I think you could write a big piece of it. I have written one I can send you. FounderChurch at Gmail.

http://asouthernwriter.com/ Joyce J

This is NO coincidence…

EllenO

Surely there should have been 19 points, not 18 that you list.

#19 Russia has a competent leader. The US has an incompetent leader with no experience of management.

davidmpark

There’s a lot of I could say about this, but I won’t. Won’t do any good. Won’t fix things. Won’t improve anything. There are many people who do not want things to get fixed or improve; so why bother?

I guess the only way to deal with our situation is for God to destroy us after all.

That’s what the majority’s actions say.

We had freedom and purpose; liberty and industry. Now, we have…

What do we have left that’s real?

Cyber Revengeance

russia has a long way to go. russian gdp is 2 trillion dollar. not that impressive. But they have kept there economy in safe position, unlike usa. If looking of technological superiority then not just russia but more eastern countries must be looked at. japan, south korea, taiwan, china. they are also leading in innovation. Within a decade you would see china lead in some technological innovation. then there’s germany.

Patriot Alice

They are not catching up with the USA, it’s the USA that is sinking to new levels, because our leaders refuse to balance the budgets, and stop the borrow and spending spree….It used to be Bush’s tragedy,now Mr. Obama owns it, because he failed to act fiscally during his first term…

Hillbillyhustle

I don’t understand some of the other post about God and Biblical prophecies having anything to do with any economic status of countries. I sometimes feel sorry for your readers and their belief that God is ruining us and only believers will be saved? Religion is the biggest ECONOMIC Scam and Control Tactic I have ever seen. As far as Russia is concerned, I completely agree. They are a powerhouse. Like Russia having to hit rock bottom to rebuild, I suspect we will be doing the same over many years.

Gay Veteran

whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t get the bible thumpers mad at you

Ayn Rand

Another person who actually gets that religion has nothing to do with economy. Thank you for being intelligent…

ian

iam not a religious nut at all, but i do know that the economic health of nations most certainly is directly linked with the bible and other religious texts. Before the antichrist comes and establishes a global economic power, there must be a collapse of the current one. Pretty simple to understand actually.

Gay Veteran

they’re a threat to our empire

William Dalebout

Russia is debt-free.

Buck Turgison

The Russians talk big but frankly we think he’s a little short on know-how. You can not expect a bunch of ignorant peons to understand a complicated piece of machinery like our boys can.

Robert Govan

Putin is still a elite nwo rat ACTOR….Wellaware1.com/officials.shtml

Colin

I think it can said that our nation is falling behind other countries in many areas.

I don’t think Russia has an interest in attacking this nation. I think they are building a buffer zone around them, to protect themselves from invaders and to protect their interests. I see the alliance between China and Russia as an extension of this foreign policy. Sometimes, the government will enter into an alliance with a people who are opposed to them politically and socially, as what happened in 1939 when they entered into an alliance with Germany. This alliance was destroyed when the latter country invaded them. (I think this was one of Hitler’s biggest blunders. He had a reliable trade partner in Russia, who hours before the attack had sent a train filled with supplies to NAZI-occupied Europe.)

Frankly, I am more worried about the enemies of the American people who reside with us. Who this is depends on your political slant. For me, it’s the Tea Party.

JJArise

Daniel 7:2-4 (KJV) – “2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.”

America (eagle) is birthed from mother England (lion)!

Daniel 7:5 (KJV) – “5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.’ ”

Russia (bear) arises to devour America (eagle)!

Jeremiah 50:12 (KJV) – “12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.”

England (lion) will see her daughter America (eagle) devoured!

America, why have you turned away from the LORD? Don’t you know that judgment begins with the house of God?

1 Peter 4:17 (KJV) – “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”
Who can hide from the Most High? No one can! He sees all, hears all, and knows all…AND NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIM!

Revelation 18:7 (KJV) – “How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”

America, you are no queen! Judgment is coming!

The LORD God is holy, righteous, and just…AND HE DOES NOT CHANGE!

GSOB

Thanks.
Would you provide me a link, if there is one, to check this teaching further please?

GSOB

All we need is good leadership at the helm.

Mondobeyondo

Yes, Russia is on the rise.
Germany is beginning to flex its muscles.
Economically now, but militarily tomorrow.
Even Japan is getting in on the act.
They are building a new “helicopter transport carrier”, their largest warship since WWII. Looks an awful lot like an AIRCRAFT carrier, if you’ve seen photos of it (Google it).

The ghosts of WWII are returning to haunt us.
Sadly, if war does break out (pray that it never does) – neither the U.S. or England will be there to protect Europe, and the rest of the world, or very likely its own citizens! The U.S. industrial economy has been hollowed out and exported overseas. and it would take a Herculean effort (plus that of Atlas, Superman, Wonder Woman and maybe Apollo too) to ramp up our resources to combat such a threat. We aren’t in a position to do in 2013, what we did in 1943. Without nuclear weapons, we would lose. Weapons of mass destruction… ah, there’s the rub. (YIKES!!)

England has been weakened, economically. The U.S., for all intents and purposes, is bankrupt. Both countries are politically bankrupt. There are no Churchills or Roosevelts on the horizon. We couldn’t do it again, and those that hate us know it.

Trouble indeed. With a capital T, and that rhymes….. oh, you know the rest.

Robert

It’s not hard to catch up to somebody running backwards.

2Gary2

Time to make the corporations pay:

While the average McDonalds employee in the United States makes just above the $7.25 minimum wage, that story is different in other countries. As Jordan Weissmann reports at The Atlantic, the minimum wage for full-time adult workers in Australia is $14.50 and McDonalds employees just negotiated a 15 percent raise by 2016. Yet the company has about 900 locations in the country.

Meanwhile, its profit margins at company-owned restaurants are higher in Europe than in the U.S. despite
many countries there having a higher minimum wage. France’s minimum is
about $12 an hour, and yet there are more than 1,200 locations there.

Residents of other countries pay more for their Big Macs, in part at
least to make up for those extra costs, but the increase in prices is
not drastic. Australians paid an average of $4.62 in
U.S. dollars for a Big Mac in July and it cost $4.66 in the eurozone,
while Americans paid $4.56. That’s a difference of about 6 to 10 extra
cents, which would mean raising Big Mac prices a little over 2 percent
in the U.S. to come equal with those in Europe.

Higher prices are related to the fact that the company does spend
more on the cost of labor in other countries. In the U.S., it spends about 25 percent of its expenses on workers at the locations it owns, and franchises usually assume labor costs will take up about 30 to 35 percent. Worldwide, those costs have been found to come to closer to 45 percent of expenses. But the company reported nearly $5.5 billion in net income overall last year, up from about $2.4 billion in 2007, with more revenues coming from Europe than the U.S.

Australian locations have other ways to keep labor costs low, like
exploiting a loophole that only requires an $8 wage for teenagers.
Weissmann also reports that the company likely gives its higher paid
European employees more responsibility and so ekes out more productivity
from those workers. While productivity has risen in the U.S., wages haven’t.

But it’s clear, even to the company itself, that its American wages are not enough to get by on. It released a sample budget for employees that suggested paying nothing for heat, getting a second job, and spending just $20 a month on health care. While it claims to be an above minimum wage employer in the U.S., its average wages are mere cents more.

The inability to get by on its low wages has sparked pushback from workers across the country, with fast food workers striking in nine different cities.
They are calling for a $15 minimum wage, the same as Australia’s, which
is higher than President Obama’s $9 an hour proposal and Congressional
Democrats’ of $10.10 an hour.

Mondobeyondo

Remember that many countries have very, very long memories.

The U.S. is only 237 years old. Some of these regions and nations, and their peoples, go back thousands of years. We don’t get it, because we’re too young to understand.

Germany and central Europe have always had a quest of world domination. The Holy Roman Empire is a great example. Hitler’s Third Reich was just the most recent and awful example. Ever wonder what happened to the First and Second Reichs? Me too.

The winner of the long time grudge award has to go to the Palestinians/Arabs though. One thing you need to understand about the Middle East: The Palestinians do not want peace with the Jews They want the Jews DEAD. Every time the Israelis give up land for “peace”, the Palestinians get closer to their ultimate goal. They will never let go of their dream of a united Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital. Never. Many Israelis understand that. Obama, of course, does not.

Okay, that’s my political stuff for today! I’m off to listen to more Beatles songs. (You do know “Norwegian Wood” is about an affair John Lennon had, right? “She showed me her room… Isn’t it good… KNOWING SHE WOULD…”)

Louise in MO

To Michael Snyder at The American Collapse

Michael, I want to make you aware of what happened to me after commenting on one of your articles.

The following day I received an email from “Disqus” which I opened. There were 235 comments from people on “foxnewslieseveryday.com. The comments were directed to me : Louise in MO. They were from far left loons, and they were accusatory, demeaning, angry, malicious etc. I read about 20 to get a general idea of what they were about.

Since they made reference to more than one of my comments, it was evident that they had been reading more than one post.

Has this happened to anyone else? Your thoughts?

MichaelfromTheEconomicCollapse

That has not happened to me, but I would be very interested to hear if it is happening to anyone else.

And I think many of you would be absolutely shocked to find out how many people read these comments. When you write something here, it touches A LOT of people.

As for Disqus, one way to keep from getting those emails is to adjust your settings.

Michael

GSOB

Touches the NSA too, I’m sure.

Smart

Mystery Babylon the Great in Revelation is America not the Church. The Great men of the earth refers to the billionaires that lives in America. The Great City in Revelation is Where Wall Street is at and of course every nation meets at the UN not Rome. Check out Dumitru Duduman prophetic Vision about America in the end times in which we live also Nostradamus, Hopi Indians also prophesied about America. There is no doubt we live in the endtimes.

GSOB

God is completely sovereign, and uses both demons and the heathen to accomplish His holy purposes.

Robert Govan

He will also save ALL mankind…..Christian-Universalism(dot)com. Don’t forget the dash

Bad_Mr_Frosty

All the great powers will descend into civil war once the global economy collapses.

China- The CCP is only maintaining power through GDP growth. When that stops, the citizens will turn on the CCP and there will be a power grab by generals and politicians.

Russia- Putin had been working double-time to suppress rising Nationalism. Many Russians feel they are losing their country to rampant immigration and a growing Muslim presence. A Nationalist uprising is almost guaranteed.

USA- When the EBT cards no longer work US cities will explode in riots. Martial law will be declared and gun confiscation will begin. Constitutionalist militias that have been growing in number and strength will start an armed revolution.

EU- Similar welfare riots as the US, but will result in Nationalist uprisings similar to Russia.

We live in interesting times…

Not paying taxes

The war-mongering USSA is creating its own enemies all over the world in its rush to protect the (petro)dollar.

So it is no surprise the world is making alliances to turn against it.

End result of the declining US empire will be all-out war as history has shown all declining empires fight harder till the end.

Unfortunately, the sheeple of what could be a great country and superpower in a good sense are too fat, braindead, and ignorant to revolt against the catastrophe that is happening.

A sheeple always get the government and society it deserves. A pity that it will bring down the whole world with it.

Robert Govan

Not if we can expose them before it is too late….Wellaware1.com

Orin Thurgood

With all due respect. Russia is definitely a rival to the US but competition in various spheres should be seen as a good thing. That the US kleptocracy cannot walk and chew gum at the same time is not the fault nor the responsibility of Russia nor China. Funny how Russia shows more respect for its constitution and laws than the US.

Hurry

It*s the truth.. US becomes a loser…..

Gomer Wumphf

Actually the number one strategic threat to the United States is the Democrat Party.

Gay Veteran

the Democrats and Republicans are 2 sides of the same coin

El Cid

At one time I would have agreed but not now. Even Reagan could not change the course of this nation when he was President. I know he had to deal with the Demoncrats when he was President but let’s face it: The USA has become the USSA and this didn’t happen overnight.

Aleksandar Tomić

More to do with the genocide they did during the war. Remember, master race, the pinnacle of civilisation….

Sam Norte

Russia isn’t as crippled by self hating whites and cultural Marxism as the United States.

Gay Veteran

guess you didn’t know that Hitler came to power in a CONSERVATIVE coalition

petru

Do not you think that you underestimate yourself just? yes I admit gone are the days when the U.S. was number one in mire.novye countries such as China and Russia are beginning to catch up with the U.S. by a few – what’s stopping you arrange economic development and growth? In my lack of faith in your self and the way. of the crisis that is now you can go out and you can start a new economic development.

petru

whether it be now you have the power of the new Roosevelt would be great

petru

what prevents states pay debts? I understand that a large debt. produce more, export attracts the money and investments. do not put their economies in China Mexico or elsewhere. cultivate major cities such as Detroit whose bad situation and pay off your debts.

petru

Do you know why you have this image of the evil empire? it was not necessary to attack Iraq and Afghanistan that would in the end be stuck there for 12 years, carrying a victim and losing hundreds of billions of dollars. it would be more profitable to invest the money in the country’s development and restoration of cities such as Detroit that was once the pride of the U.S., and a new economic ascent.

wally

I don’t know if your article is that true Michael. Yes the Russian economy is doing great as a whole but it is my understanding that there are only two classes in Russia the rich, the ones prospering from this boom and the poor which still live what we would call very poor existences. I don’t want that here. We need a strong middle class, but at the age of 50 I do not think I will ever see that in my lifetime again.

Robert Purnell

One Sunday morning in June, 1933, God gave seven major continuous visions to His prophet William Branham (Malachi 4:5 + Matthew 17:11 + Revelation 10:7)
Five of the seven continuous visions, have already come to pass.
“The last and seventh vision was wherein I heard a most terrible explosion. As I turned to look I saw nothing but debris, craters, and smoke all over the land of America.”
The Judgement of God is coming, do you wonder why ?

“The last and seventh vision was wherein I heard a most terrible explosion. As I turned to look I saw nothing but debris, craters, and smoke all over the land of America.”

The Judgement of God is coming, do you wonder why ?

Carl_s_Jones

The thing is, Russia, China, Brazil, Venezuela and Iran have a diplomatic accord to stand together against the NWO clique (US, UK, France, Aus, NZ, Canada and Israel). We can see why, designed financial collapse, sham war on terror, fake wars, Arab Spring, Libya and now Syria. While this article tries to make Russia look like the bad guy. The reality is that its Amerika, Brittan and Israel who are the evil NWO.

Btw, Germany has excellent relations with China and Russia. I think Germany knows where its future lies.

Harold Smith

Your 2nd last sentence, absent any kind of qualification, is rather misleading. Russia and China are a “strategic threat” to the “United States” (whatever that exactly is) in the same sense that an armed guard is a “threat” to a bank robber.

If the rogue USraeli Empire wasn’t bent on the destruction of the rule of law, mass murder, and global imperial conquest masquerading as “foreign policy”, there would be no “threat” to the “United States”.

John AC Forster

Your # 13 is now very questionable. Russia now has the most advanced military equipment on the planet.
The F22 and F35 fall way short of Russia’s SU-37 and T50 aircraft. The same can be said for the attack helicopters, tanks, missiles, etc. While we have been blowing up dirt in the Middle East, Russia has been rebuilding its military equipment, now far surpassing our own. Looks like a lot of us are going to be returned to dust much sooner than we expected.

guest

I can’t remember them all. Rosh, Gomer, Magog. IIRC, The great wall of China was referred to as the wall of Magog because it was built to keep those marauders out of China.
Also, from Revelations we read where the water is turned bitter (Wormwood).
IIRC, Chernobyl is translated – wormwood. Nuclear contamination I would imagine.

Mudpie

So, if they deserve it they deserve it. They seem to have the only “mainstream” news media, indeed, willing to call Obama what he is. And by the way. The idea of Obama in a confrontation with Putin scares the living daylights out of me. First, I think that Putin would kick is can to hell and back. And second, I am not sure who I would in fact prefer to win.

And of course, Russia is not saddled with quite the absurd, irrational, and indeed, insane race guilt that we see so virulent here in the U.S.A. They can actually act like normal human beings who have not thrown out all common sense in their day to day interactions.

Go figure. Go Putin. Stand down Obama. Please. At least try not to make an enemy out of Russia and get our tails kicked.

pdksvetlee

Да да!!! Все огребёте скоро!!!)))

TRUEWORDS12

We like it or not when the people of a nation stops obeying God and rebels against God by not keeping the basic commandments, the basic moral boundaries establish by natural law, and want to define or justify morality based on their owns turns, that society’s moral fiber starts to erode and it becomes broken which creates problem after problem, just look at how the Roman Empire and all of the great empires have ended,,,,history talks for it self. We have become a selfish, greedy, self centered, arrogant and non-believing society. God Bless as All and give us the strength to persevere and these tough present and future times and that God and His angels guide and protect our dear ones….AMEN

Richard O. Mann

Just another sign that the US is on it’s way out. Sure was fun while it lasted.

maxpontiac

Author – I don’t know if you have read Ezekiel 38/39 yet, but there is a reason Russia is being moved into a place like it is today.
They (Magog) will lead a doomed invasion of Israel at some point in the future.

Nobody

“…they represent the number one strategic threat to the United States.”?

No, I think the US represents the biggest strategic threat to Russia.

Why do you think they’re supporting Assad, along with Iran? As for world domination, Iran, Russia, and China are next, and they know it.

max da

Not so sure that Russia is doing better or the US has fallen so far we are passing Russia going the wrong way.

daniel fisher

My wife is russian. I spend a few weeks there in the summer.. the russians have a smaller government.. people have more freedom there.. U can build on your house without some government knitt witt knocking on your door. It seemd to me if U mind your own bussiness there, and dont take on a fight with Putin.. No one will bother u. I plan on spending my summers there when I retire.. my mother in law pays $10 a year property tax . taxes are lower there.. there is problems with the russian mafia for bussiness owners.. But putin may deal with them also

The main difference between the Russia of today and the former Soviet Union is the country is under the Christian Russian Orthodox Church and Putin is the main supporter.
No more domination of the DUMA by JEW’s.

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Keep functioning ,remarkable job!

chairde

This is just not factually correct. The United States exports more oil than it imports. We have the largest natural gas reserves on earth. Our population is increasing and our debt is decreasing. We control all the oceans of the world. Our technology is second to none. Russia would like to build two aircraft carriers, we presently have over a dozen. Russians are dying out because of the low birth rate and high death rate. They are 142 million and we are 300 million.

Buzzy

Russia seems to be a rational country that wouldn’t do anything dramatic. They have always been in competition with the leading superpower. Eg France, German, and America. Russia has always been a strong country, the people are resistant and can tolerate hardship. But they will not wage war only when cornered, history states this. Napoleon and Hitler.

Rhey

its all true,even the Word of God said about the king of the North and Bro. Branham when he is still living way back 1965 to watch Russia,watch Russia the king of the North.